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JOIN IN TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST 3 STRIKES BILL!<br>
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TODAY!!
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<big><big>12 PM MARCH FROM OCCUPY BOSTON (DEWEY SQ) TO STATE HOUSE</big></big><br>
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<div><b>If you can not make it to Occupy Boston for the march at
noon, please support this effort by attending the following: <br>
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<div><b>11 AM RALLY IN FRONT OF STATE HOUSE</b></div>
<div>for more info: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:churchandprison@gmail.com">churchandprison@gmail.com</a></div>
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<div><b>1 PM RALLY OUTSIDE SENATE CHAMBERS</b></div>
<div>for more info: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:no3strikes@gmail.com">no3strikes@gmail.com</a></div>
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<div>Stop 3-Strikes Law! </div>
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Stop revolving prison door!</div>
<div>ACT NOW! KILL THE BILL S.2054</div>
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<div>The Massachusetts Senate is debating a bill that would have
disastrous impacts on the State. If S.2054 passes, the
following would happen:</div>
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<div>1. Massachusetts would institute the worst, most harsh,
3-strikes law in the country</div>
<div>2. Parole eligibility, for lifers, would move from 15 to 25
years</div>
<div>3. Mandatory post release supervision would be forced upon
ALL people incarcerated in Massachusetts prisons, thus
increasing the revolving door of recidivism</div>
<div>4. Mandatory Minimum Sentences would HARDLY experience any
reforms</div>
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<div>This piece of legislation will cause great harm to
communities of color, poor/low-income communities, LGBTQ
communities, and all those who experience the long arm of the
Massachusetts justice system. While hurting our communities,
the bill would also allocate millions upon millions of more
dollars to an already bloated prison system. </div>
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<div>THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10</div>
<div>11 AM RALLY IN FRONT OF STATE HOUSE</div>
<div>for more info: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:churchandprison@gmail.com">churchandprison@gmail.com</a></div>
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<div>1 PM RALLY OUTSIDE SENATE CHAMBERS</div>
<div>for more info: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:no3strikes@gmail.com">no3strikes@gmail.com</a></div>
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<div>“The implications are grave especially for minority
communities who are the highest amount of those incarcerated.
Longer sentencing implies more tax payers money to feed
incarceration while schools in minority communities are closing.
It will lead to more over crowding in Massachusetts prisons.
More prisons are being built to house prisoners and more police
stations are being built in minority communities but funding for
programs are being cut with the closure of urban schools to
enforce the school-to-prison -pipeline.”</div>
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<div>-Center For Church and Prison</div>
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<div>Center for Church and Prison, Blackstonian.com, Occupy The
Hood Boston, Brothers For Boston, Union of Minority
Neighborhoods, National Action Network Boston, Criminal Justice
Policy Coalition, The Real Cost of Prisons Project...</div>
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